We can launch Quartus II by executing: ~/opt/altera/11.1sp2/quartus/bin/quartus. A dialog box will appear, we choose to run Quartus II.

Inside the program, we choose to open the project ~/zet/boards/altera-de2-115/syn/kotku.qpf, considering that we have the Altera DE2-115 board and we click on the play icon to build the FPGA bitstream. This process will take about 20 minutes and it will result with the files kotku.sof and kotku.pof (in directory ~/zet/boards/altera-de2-115/syn/) for direct configuration and persistent FPGA bitstream config.

Installing the system

To flash the BIOS:

Plug the USB Blaster cable to the board and the PC and switch the RUN/PROG switch on the board to RUN position. Then, turn it on. Run the following: